THE NARRATIVE GAMES OF ORHAN PAMUK

Text topic: Crisis of Narrative

Text author: Мирјана Маринковић

The paper deals with narrative techniques and methods in the novels by Orhan Pamuk that show a fascinating variety. It has been observed that the opus of this celebrated Turkish author consists mainly of novels different in themes, languages and styles. His prose is marked by a constant experimenting with the form finding some new and unused solutions that bring innovations from the narrative aspect not only to the contemporary Turkish literature, but to the global literature too. From his first novel, Cevdet Bey and His Sons (1982), until the latest, A Strangeness in My Mind (2014), Pamuk has been constantly occupied by narrative games, succeeding to surprise his readers with new narrative techniques and styles.